, 1887-08-04
From Thursday's DaiIy.
% to MeNamara,s for spectacles.

From Thursdays naiIy.
Go 10 McNamara's for Spcctacles.
Harry Tlbbalz' family Is home from
Oregon.
\ representative Of the Seattle Daily
Times Is IN town.
Prosecuting Attorney Calhoun went
to Dungeness today.
Our county auditor has jast received
from up Sound some more furniture for
the office.
A change will occur at the Peoples
Market on the lst Of Augu-t-Mr Foss
retiring from the firm.
President Henry Landes of the lst
National Bank, arrived home this morn
ing from San Francisco.
Friedrich, the fellow who shot J.
Sherbring at Seattle a short time ago,
has been held for murder.
Steamer Enterprise arrived yesterday
with scow load Of building stone for
for the new custom mouse.
The electric light company Will have
its works located near Good Templar
Hall, and will have an office in the new
McCurdy brick building.
Richard DeIanty of Delauty & Nun
roe, Discovery, was in town yesterday.
He has recently brought more heavy
horses from Oregon for work in the
camp.
The local W, C. T. o. is getting up
two fine entertainments for Monday and
Tuesday evening next, when Major Hen
dershot will be here. This gentleman
has created a lively interest up the
Sound.
1t is learned that Rev. c. b. Crawford, -,
who has so successfully filled the pulpit
Of OfSt.PauPs church since last year, is
about to leave for Spokane Falls where
be has been called to take charge of
Church work.
Tom Nicklin and Miss Dora Axton of
Whatcom have been married. Tom. is
one of the owners of the RereiHe, and
1.-THE newspaper boys all had a chance
to shake hands with him on this occa-
sion his arm would ache for a week.
DR.. T. Siddal of Oregon has paid Port
Townsend a visit, and is so well pleased
with our prospects that he thinks OF re-
turning and locating The doctor is a
dentist by profession, and was we'll
known here formerly, having done good
work here.
Our item yesterday abe ut the raid up
on DR.. Minkier's house might be mis-
understood by some. We explain by
saying that the assertion about the DR..
being justified had he fired. did not re-
fer IN any way to the young men whom
he met. 1t applied only to those who
committed the malicious assault with
stones on the house. We have referred
to these matters SO frequently of late in
order that physical injury to midnight
marauders might be aVerted. An assault
With stones or other deadly missiles up
on private property might be resented
With force Of arms-and if the man who
defends his home (his castle) should kill
an assailant, he would be justifiable,
provided such force became necessary to
preserve or protect life within. or
c0utse such en- event would be deplora-
o:e and We hope - he Jared tine ne
eessity of reco.dIngit.
AT last the governmentin have
condemned the old steamer Phantom; at
least, in SO far as to forbid her from
running on the Townsend -Semiahmoo
mail route. According to an interview
with P.-1. reporter. Inspector Bryant
admitted that the Phantom had been
permitted to run as long as the conscience
Of the examining board could possibly
allow. She had only been permitted to
carry three or four passengers" Think
Of 1t! A steamer pretending to carry
The mails and passengers on one of the
main local routes tributary to Port
townsend, licensed to carry "three pas
sehSer'-or, possibly FOUR in an emer-
gency! The inspectors themselves ad-
nit that she never was suitable at all
Tor the ronte, but they say they allowed
hef to go on from time to time out oil
Kindness of heart to the owner, and on
HIS promise to have better steamer
soon! Shades Of departed greatness
No wonder trade has gone by our doors
The ARGUS has dinned this subject into
the ear OF ths public till it has become
tired. There is no lack of appreciation
OF iLe facts in the case, but somehow nc
one takes any steps to remedy the cry
ngevil One thing is certain, unless W,
reach out and control the trade tina
larry belongs to us we may expect to re
main at disadvantage in our efforts It
build city.